her brother is the famous george washington gail ferris, jr., the inventer of the ferris wheel. they had six children, albert, 1868, john, 1871, only daughter, eva, in 1873, george in 1875, and clarence in 1879. albert died as a young boy, so it was only the five children that continued through to adulthood. all four sons were involved in the ranching business initially, and they all grew up here at the home ranch until years later clarence, the youngest son, decided ranching was not for him. he sold his interest in the company. it was hf and his three oldest sons that continued the tradition of farming and ranching after he passed away. when hf senior died in 1904, the company owned in excess of 33,000 acres, which is really incredible considering the fact that he started with 160 acres right here where we are sitting. i mean, he really built on his empire, and hf senior never sold, as far as we can tell, a single acre of land. he kept everything that he worked hard for. the sons had a little different idea how to run the business, especially fred. unfortunately, fred had some